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MULTI-EXCHANGE RELAY AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM Roy W. Jones, Rochester, phone Laboratories, Delaware N. Y., assignor to General Tele- Incorporated, a corporation of Divided and this application January 27, 1954, Serial No. 406,489

8 Claims. (Cl. 179-18) This invention relates in general to automatic telephone systems, and particularly to improvements in switching and trunking equipment for such systems. These improvements are particularly applicable to a network of small automatic and manual exchanges connected in tandem, wherein the automatic subscribers are permitted to complete their own calls to adjacent automatic exchanges, but are obliged to call a more remote exchange through an operator located at some central point in the network. This application is a division of my Patent 2,695,335 issued November 23, 1954.

The main object of the invention is the provision of new and improved switching arrangements whereby a universal numbering scheme may be employed in such a system, with direct dialling, without the use of directors.

Another object of the invention is the provision of new and improved switching arrangements for reducing the amount of switching equipment and trunks required in such a system.

The main feature of the invention is the provision of new and improved two-way repeaters arranged for switching certain types of inter-ofiice calls directly through an intermediate exchange, without any additional dialling.

Another feature of the invention is the use of two multi-purpose repeaters out of a groupof such repeaters at the intermediate exchange for switching said special inter-ofiice calls, and the automatic busying of corresponding repeaters responsive to the seizure of any one of them, together with the automatic preselection of the next free repeater pair.

Another feature of the invention is the manner of forwarding special markings from repeater to repeater, to insure the proper routing of calls.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of different types of such automatic switch-through repeaters, one for use in automatic offices and one for use in manual oflices.

Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent from the specification and claims which follow, when considered in conjunction with the appended drawings comprising the Figures 1 to 16 inclusive, which show one embodiment of the invention as applied to a network of four small exchanges in which universal numbering is employed.

With reference to the drawings, Figures 15 and 16 show the general layout of the system with its four exchanges, designated A, B, C, and D, while Figure 17 shows the manner in which the Figures 1 to 14 inclusive are to be arranged with relation to one another to trace the operation. The Figures 1 to 14 show in circuit diagram form, suflicient of the equipment at the exchanges B and C, which are at the center of the system, to enable the invention to be properly described. It will be understood that various re-arrangements of the system may be made without change in the basic features.

With further reference to the' drawings, Figure 15 shows the general layout of the exchanges A and B. Exchange A is a satellite of Exchange B, which is an all-relay selector exchange with special switching repeaters for extending operator calls between the exchanges A and C. Figure 16, which goes to the right of Figure 15, shows the general layout of the exchanges C and D. Exchange D is a satellite of Exchange C, which is a manual toll exchange with special switching repeaters for extending automatic calls between the Exchanges B and D. The equipment at the Exchanges A and D is not shown in detail. It may be assumed, however, to be generally similar to that of Exchange B, except for the use of only a single type of repeater.

Figures 1 and 2 and 2A show one of the local selectors at the Exchange B, such for example, as selector 1565 of Figure 15.

Figures 3 and 4 show one of the incoming selectors at the Exchange B, such as selector 1560 of Figure 15.

Figure 5 shows a portion of the trunk selecting equipment, which operates with the foregoing selectors to preselect the next idle connector or trunk, in a manner similar to that shown and described in Patent No. 2,535,764 issued to John H. Voss and Roy W. Jones, on December 26, 1950.

Figures 6, 7 and 8 show one of the switching repeaters at the Exchange B, such as the repeater 1585 of Figure 15, leading to Exchange A, and a portion of another similar repeater.

Figures 9, 10 and 11 represent a different type of repeater at the Exchange B, such as the repeater 1590 of Figure 15, leading to Exchange C, and a portion of another similar repeater.

Figures 12 and 13 represent one of the switching repeaters required at the Exchange C, such as the repeater 1655-1 of Figure 16, leading to Exchange B, together with a portion of another repeater of the same group.

Figure 14 shows a portion of two other switching repeaters in the Exchange C, from the 1685 group of repeaters of Figure 16, connecting to Exchange D.

With reference to the drawings in more detail, Figure 1 shows the miscellaneous control relays of the local selector 1565, in the upper portion, and in the lower portion, the register relays which count the dial pulses received by the selector. The conductors 100, 101, and 102 at the upper left are the speech and control conductors coming from an associated linefinder, such as the linefinder 1554 of Figure 15.

Figures 2 and 2A show a portion of the tens and units relays of the local selector. Since this is a two hundred line selector with one-digit absorption, a total of eighteen tens, or group relays, are or may be required, half of which would be available for local calls and the rest reserved for trunk calls. Only four tens relays are illustrated however. In Figure 2A, tens relay 270 operates responsive to a digit 2 following an initial digit 6 to prepare the seizure of a connector 1570, over a cable 1569, for extending a local call while tens relay 280 operates responsive to a first digit 8 to prepare the seizure of a repeater 1585 for extending a call to Exchange A. Likewise, in Figure 2 tens relay 250 operates responsive to a first digit 7 to prepare the seizure of a repeater 1590 over a cable 1568, for extending a call to Exchange D, while tens relay 260 is operative in response to a first digit 0 to prepare the seizure of a repeater 1590 over a cable 1567, for extending a call to the Exchange C. A total of five units relays is also required in each selector, although only two are shown. These are the 1-6 units relay 230 and the 5-0 units relay 240. Each units relay is arranged to select one of two trunks, depending on whether or not a units switching relay 220 is operated. The tens relays are operated from the selector register, and the units relays are operated from the trunk selecting equipment of Figure 5. I

Figure 3 shows the miscellaneous control relays for the incoming selector 1560, in the upper portion, and the pulse counting register relays in the lower portion. The conductors 300, 301, 302, 303 at the upper left are the speech and control conductors incoming from an associated repeater such as the repeater 1590.

Figure 4 shows a portion, of the tens and units relays of the incoming selector, relay 420 being the units switching relay, the relays 430 and 440 being the 1-6 and 5-0 units relays respectively, and relays 470 and 480 being local and outgoing tens relays respectively. Relay 470, which corresponds to relay 270 in Figure 2A, has access to local connectors, and relay 480 which corresponds to relay 280 in Figure 2A has access to the repeaters 1585 leading to Exchange A.

Figure 5 shows a portion of the trunk selecting equipment associated with the selectors of Exchange B. This equipment is outside of, and common to, the selectors, and is connected to a calling selector only very briefly, during the establishment of a connection, in response to the first usable digit received by such selector. At the left in Figure 5 are two groups of trunk access relays 500 and 520 the upper group being accessible from the local selectors and the lower group from the incoming selectors. An access relay such as 501, 521 is provided therein for each selector in the associated group and on operation extends the units and control conductors from the associated selector to groups of local and outgoing trunk group relays 510 and 572. A group relay such as 512, 573, is provided therein for each trunk group, and are operated from the seizing selector in accordance with the value of the trunk digits dialled, to further extend the selector units and control conductors to the proper group of trunk select relays, such as the local or outgoing trunk select relays 518, 519 or 595 shown in block diagram form at the upper and lower right, or the outgoing trunk select relays shown in circuit diagram form in the right central portion of this figure. These trunk select relays, which are all similar, thereupon control the selector units relays to extend the call to a preselected idle trunk in the associated group. The operated units relay in turn releases the trunk selecting equipment, whereupon the trunk select relays involved preselect the next idle trunk in readiness for the next call.

Figure 6 shows, in the center, a portion of the miscellaneous control relays of the first of the repeaters 1585 leading to Exchange A, and at the lower left, in the rectangle 626 a part of the common repeater busy relays which preselect or assign the repeaters 1590 for use in switching toll calls from Exchange A through Exchange B. These relays are controlled from the repeaters 1590 and in turn control the repeater select relays 620 and 640, to extend the call to the selected repeater 1590 over a cable such as 1571. The conductors 300', 301', 302' at the upper left serve to extend an incoming call from Exchange A to Exchange B over a cable such as 1556 to an incoming selector such as 1555. Also, the conductors 603, 604, 605 at the upper left, extend to the repeater from certain of the selector normals such as from tens relay 280 in Figure 2A, over a cable such as 1566, for extending calls to Exchange A.

Figure 7 shows in the upper part, a repeating coil and some additional control relays for the repeater 15851, and in the lower part, enclosed in the rectangle 755, a portion of the relays and circuits for the last repeater of the group, designated 1585N. The illustrated relay 730 for example, corresponds to the repeater guard relay 730 in Figure 7, the relays 620', 640 correspond to the repeater select relays 620, 640 in Figure 6, and the relay 660' corresponds to the all-trunks-busy relay 660 in Figure 6.

Figure 8 includes the rest of the control relays for the repeater 1585-1. At the upper right, the conductors 890 and 891 represent the cable 1516 leading to Exchange A, and at the lower right the conductors 875 and 880 rep resent extra-control leads coming from the bottom springs of the trunk select relay 540 in Figure 5, for controlling the seizure of the distant repeater 1515 in Exchange A.

Figure 9 shows a portion of the miscellaneous control relays of the first of the repeaters 1590, leading to the Exchanges C and D. The conductors 300, 301, 302, 303 at the upper left, extend over a cable such as 1561 to an incoming selector such as 1560, for completing incoming calls from exchanges C or D, while the conductors 907, 908, 909 extend to the repeater from local selector normals, such as from tens relay 250 in Figure 2, over a cable such as 1568, for extending calls to Exchange D. The conductors 904, 905, 906 on the other hand, may come from two different sources; first, from local selector normals such as from tens relay 260 in Figure 2, over a cable such as 1567, for extending calls from Exchange B to Exchange C; and second, from a repeater 1585, over a cable such as 1571 in Figure 15, for extending switch-through calls from Exchange A to Exchange C. In connection with the test-normal conductors 906, 909, and the associated guard conductors 980, 983, it should be noted that these may be connected straight by use of the solid jumpers J, K, L, M, or they may be connected reversed, by omitting the solid jumpers and connecting up the dotted jumpers, for the control of battery reversals, in a manner to be explained subsequently.

Figure 10 shows a repeating coil and some additional control relays for the repeater 1590-1.

Figure 11 includes the remainder of the control relays for the repeater 1590-1. The conductors 1190 and 1191 at the upper right, comprise the cable 1595 leading to Exchange C. In the lower right hand corner, the rectangle 1195 represents the last repeater of the 1590 group, and is designated 1590-n. The two relays 1165, 1170' shown therein, correspond to the repeater guard relays 1165 and 1170 in Figure 11.

Figure 12 shows a portion of the miscellaneous control relays of the first of the switching repeaters 1655 in Exchange C. The conductors 1190 and 1191 at the upper left serve to extend calls from and to Exchange B over a cable such as 1595 and a distant repeater 1590.

Figure 13 shows a repeating coil and the remainder of the control relays of the repeater 16551. At the upper right are shown: a cable 1656 leading to a jack 1385 in the manual switchboard 1680 for extending calls in either direction between the manual board and Exchange B; a cable 1659 leading from the repeaters 1685 in Exchange C for extending calls from Exchange D to Exchange B; and a cable 1657 leading to the repeater 1685-1 for extending calls from Exchange B to Exchange D. At the lower right, enclosed in the rectangle 1355 is a portion of the relays and circuits for the last repeater of the group 1655, designated 1655-11. The illustrated relay 1335' therein corresponds to the switch-through relay 1335 in Figure 13, and the relays 1345 and 1350 correspond to the repeater select relays 1345 and 1350. At the extreme lower right in Figure 13, enclosed by the rectangle 1655, is shown a portion of the repeater busy relays for the 1655 group of repeaters, which preselect or assign the repeaters 1685 for use in switching through calls from Exchange B to Exchange D, by their control of the repeater-select relays in the repeaters 1655.

Figure 14 shows in block and circuit diagram form, a portion of the relays and circuits of the first and last of the repeaters 1685, which are identical with the repeaters 1655. The relay 1260", 1320", 1260" and 1320" correspond to the hold relays 1260 and 1320 of Figures l2 and 13, while the relays 1345", 1350", 1345" and 1350" correspond to the repeater-select relays 1345 and 1350 of Figure 13. In the lower part of Figure 14, enclosed in the rectangle 1695, is shown the last and first of the repeater busy relays for the 1685 group of repeaters. These relays preselect or assign the repeaters 1655 for use in switching through calls from Exchange D single digit 0.

to Exchange B, by their control of the repeater select relays in the repeaters 1685.

The general operation of the system may be described briefly, with reference to Figures 15 and 16, as follows. Each automatic subscriber is assigned a six digit number, of which the first two are the ofiice digits, the next three the line digits, and the last the ringing digit, the automatic exchanges being assumed to be less than 1000 lines, in the interests of simplicity. A subscriber in Exchange A can call any other automatic subscriber in either of the Exchanges A or B by direct dialling of the proper six digit number, but can call Exchange D only through an operator in Exchange C, who will assess a toll charge. A subscriber in Exchange B can call any subscriber in any one of the ExchangesA, B or D by direct dialling of the required 'six digit number. A subscriber in Exchange D can call any automatic subscriber in either of the Exchanges D or B by dialling the required six digit number, but can call Exchange A only through an operator at Exchange C. An operator at the Exchange C on the other hand, can call any automatic subscriber in the Exchanges A, B or D by dialling the required six digit number. Any automatic subscriber in the Exchanges A, B, or D can extend a call to Exchange C by simply dialling a single digit call number such as 0.

The selectors in Exchange A are arranged to absorb all first digits 8, those in Exchange B to absorb all first digits 6, and those in Exchange D to absorb all first digits 7. On a local call therefore, the selectors release after each of the ofiice digits, which, as indicated, are 88 for Exchange A, 66 for Exchange B, and 77 for Exchange D. In response to the next digit, the call is extended to a connector in the proper hundreds group, which responds to the final three digits to select and signal the wanted called line.

If a subscriber in Exchange A wishes to call a. sub scriber in Exchange B, the first two digits of the call numher will be 66. Upon receipt of the first digit 6 the local selector will seize a repeater 1515, which in turn will seize a repeater 1585 in Exchange B over an interotfice trunk such as 1516. The repeater1585 in turn seizes an incoming selector such as 1555, which will absorb the second digit 6. Upon receipt of the third digit, which may be any digit other than 6, the incoming selector will extend the call to a connector such as 1570, which responds to the final three digits in the usual manner.

If a subscriber in Exchange A wishes to call a subscriber in either of the Exchanges C or D, he will dial the In response to this digit, the selector again seizes a repeater 1515, but over a different point of access. The repeater 1515 thereupon unbalances the trunk 1516 to the associated distant repeater 1585 in Exchange B. This causes the repeater 1585 to switchthrough to a repeater 1509 in the same exchange. The repeater 1550 in turn seizes a distant repeater 1655 in Ex. change C, but without unbalancing the trunk. Repeater 1655 thereupon extends the call to an operator in Exchange C, who completes the connection.

If a subscriber in Exchange B wishes to call a subscriber in Exchange A, the first two digits will be 88. In response to the first digit 8 the local selector, such as 1565, will seize a repeater 1585, which in turn seizes the associated repeater 1515 in Exchange A. The repeater 1515 then seizes the associated incoming selector such as 1505, which absorbs the second digit 8. Upon receipt of the third digit, which may be any digit except 8, the incoming selector extends the call to a connector such as 1514 which responds to the final three digits to complete the connection.

If a subscriber in Exchange B wishes to call a subscriber in the manual Exchange C he will dial the digit 0. The local selector in response to this digit will seize an idle repeater 1590. The repeater 1590 in turn will seize an associated repeater 1655 in Exchange C,

without unbalancing the trunk, and the latter repeater extends the call to an operator, as before.

If a subscriber in Exchange B desires to call a subscriber in Exchange D, the first two digits of the call number will be 77. In response to the first digit 7 the local selector will again seize an idle repeater 1590, but over a different point of access. The repeater 1590 thereupon unbalances the trunk 1595 to the distant repeater 1655 in Exchange C. This causes the repeater 1655 to switch-through to a repeater 1685 which thereupon seizes a distant repeater 1615 in the Exchange D, which in turn seizes an incoming selector such as 1605. The selector 1605 will absorb the second digit 7, and in response to the third digit, which may be any digit other than 7, will seize a connector, not shown, which will complete the call in response to the final three digits.

If an operator in Exchange C wishes to extend a call to Exchange A she seizes a repeater 1655 over a cable 1656, by plugging in to a free trunk jack. The repeater 1655 thereupon unbalances the trunk 1595 to the associated distant repeater 1590 in Exchange B. The repeater 1590 in turn seizes an associated incoming selector 1560. The incoming selector 1560 in response to the first digit 8 seizes an idle repeater 1585, which in turn seizes the associated distant repeater 1515 in Exchange A. The repeater 1515 then seizes the associated incoming selector 1505 which absorbs the second digit 8. The incoming selector 1505 in response to the third digit seizes a connector such as 1514 in the desired hundreds group, which then responds to the last three digits to complete the connection.

To call a subscriber in Exchange B, the operator again seizes a repeater 1655 as in the preceding paragraph, whereupon the connection is extended as before by way of a repeater 1590 to an incoming selector 1560 in Exchange B, which absorbs the first two digits 66. In

response to the third digit the selector seizes an idle connector such as 1570 in the desired hundreds group, which completes the connection in response to the last three digits.

.To call a subscriber in Exchange D the operator seizes a repeater 1685 over a cable 1686. The repeater 1685 in turn seizes an associated distant repeater 1615 in Exchange D over' a cable 1616, and the repeater 1615 seizes an associated incoming selector 1605. The incoming selector 1605 absorbs the first two digits 77, and in response to the third digit seizes a free connector which completes the connection in response to the last three digits of the call number.

If a subscriber in Exchange D wishes to call a subscriber in either of the Exchanges A or C, he will dial the single digit 0. The local selector will thereupon seize a repeater 1615 over a cable 1611. The repeater 1615 will thereupon seize an associated distant repeater 1685 in the Exchange C, which extends the call automatically to an operator in the manual exchange, who

will complete the call as required.

If a subscriber in Exchange D wishes to call a subscriber in Exchange B, the first digit 6 will again cause the involved local selector such as 1610 to seize a repeater 1615, but over a diiferent point of access, such as the cable 1612. The repeater 16 15 thereupon unbalances the trunk 1616 to the associated distant repeater 1685 in Exchange C. The repeater 1685 thereupon switches the call through to a repeater 1655 in the same exchange. The repeater 1655 thereupon seizes a repeater 1590 in Exchange B which in turn seizes an incoming selector 1560. The selector 1560 absorbs the second digit 6, and in response to the third digit seizes a connector. The connector then responds to the final digits to complete the connection in the usual manner.

The description of the drawings and the general method of operation having been completed, a detailed description of the operation will now be given, by tracing a number of calls such as outlined in the foregoing para- 

